Photo Rumors

The latest patents from Sigma, Sony, Panasonic and Olympus

By PR admin | Published: December 9, 2018

The latest patents from Sigma, Sony, Panasonic and Olympus:

Posted in Olympus, Panasonic, Sigma, Sony| Tagged Olympus full frame mirrorless camera, Patents| 8 Comments

Just announced: Kipon Elegant mirrorless lenses for the Nikon Z and Canon R systems

By PR admin | Published: December 8, 2018

Kipon announced a new set of five full-frame mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z and Canon R mirrorless cameras:

Posted in Kipon| Tagged Kipon Elegant mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z and Canon R| 9 Comments

New Metz Mecablitz M360 flash

By PR admin | Published: December 7, 2018

Metz announced a new Mecablitz M360 flash a few weeks ago and today the company released the official pricing: £100 or around $120. The new Mecablitz M360 will be compatible with Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Leica and Sony cameras.

Metz flashes are sold at B&H, Adorama and Amazon.

Metz Mecablitz M360 flash features and press release:

Posted in Metz| Tagged Metz Mecablitz M360 flash| 5 Comments

Luminar 3 with libraries now available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: December 6, 2018

Today Skylum announced a major upgrade to Luminar that includes the ability to organize and edit an image library. The official release will be on December 18 but pre-orders are already open.

You can pre-order Luminar 3 with Libraries for a reduced price today and you will get additional free bonuses (this offer will end on December 19):

Posted in Skylum| Tagged Luminar 3 with libraries, Skylum Luminar DAM module, Skylum Luminar with Libraries| 2 Comments

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: December 5, 2018

The latest recap:

Posted in Other| Tagged What else is new?| 1 Comment

Fire sale: Fuji X-A3 with a 16-50mm lens now $299 ($299 off) UPDATED

By PR admin | Published: December 4, 2018

The Fuji X-A3 mirrorless camera ~~is currently $349 ($250 or 42% off)~~ at Adorama only (the price is $499 at B&H and Amazon). This is a limited time deal that will expire at midnight today EST.

Update – the Fuji X-A3 camera with 16-50mm lens is now $299 ($299 off):

Posted in Deals, Fuji| Tagged Fuji X-A3| 4 Comments

New Sony 60MP IMX455AQR sensor leaked online

By PR admin | Published: December 4, 2018

After the new IMX435AQJ sensor with 36MP and 8k video, another new Sony sensor leaked online: the IMX455AQR sensor will have 60MP, 8k video, and native 64 ISO. This new sensor is probably based on the IMX551 and will become available in 2019.

IMX455AQR sensor specs:

Posted in Sony| Tagged 8k video, Sony 60 Megapixel IMX455AQR sensor, Sony 8k, Sony sensors| 11 Comments

October CIPA numbers: still worse than past years

By PR admin | Published: December 3, 2018

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their October report and the downturn continues – the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years (orange: 2018, black: 2017, blue: 2016, click for larger view):

Posted in Other| Tagged CIPA reports| 8 Comments

The 2019 Photokina show is canceled, Photokina 2020 dates announced: May 27-30, 2020

By PR admin | Published: December 3, 2018

Last year Photokina announced that the biggest photography show will start taking place annually. This made absolutely no sense since the camera industry is shrinking and many of the camera manufacturers were not happy with that decision. I am not surprised that today Photokina canceled their 2019 show and announced the 2020 Photokina dates (May 27-30, 2020):